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B. W. JONES.

CHECK HOOK.

Patented Dec. 16, 1884.

WITNESSES Stains NITE CHECK-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION farming part of Letters Patent No. 309,508, dated December16, 1884.

Application filed October 29, 1884.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. J owns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check Hooks, ofwhich the following is a specification, refer ence being had to theaccompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of the two parts comprising my invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the device applied, and Fig. 8is an inverted plan View.

My invention relates to check or water hooks for harness-pads; and itconsists in the peculiar formation of the bottom of the hook andscrew-bolt for attaching it to the strap, as will be hereinafter fullyexplained.

Referring to the drawings, Arcpresents the hook,and B the screw-bolt.The hook proper, marked a, and the crupper-strap loop b may be of anyusual or approved form. The top portion of the shank c of the hook isalso of the ordinary construction, and it is provided with a threadedaperture, (1, for the reception of the screw-bolt. The under side of theshank is recessed, as at, c, for the reception of the strap, and isadapted to be applied transversely of the strap in awell-known manner.The screwbolt 13 consists of the elongated head portion, I), which maybe provided with small apertures near its end for the reception of smallsupplemental screws, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3; but this feature isnon-essential, as these small screws may be wholly dispensed withwithout materially detracting from the efficacy and security of thefastening. The head I) is provided with a projecting shank, the portion0' of which is screw-threaded to fit the aperture (Z in the shank of thehook, and is provided with an extension, d, beyond the screw-threadedportion, to form a stop for the check-rein. The under side of thebolt-head is slotted to receive a screw-driver, by means of which thetwo parts are secured to the strap.

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The bolt with its slotted head, screw-threaded shank, and stop arepreferably formed in one piece, so that the whole device comprisessimply two parts.

In use the strap is applied in the recess on the under side of the shankof the hook. The bolt is inserted through a hole in the strap andthrough the tapped aperture in the shank of the hook, and screwed homeby means of a screw-driver, as before explained. If deemed necessary,small supplemental screws may then be applied through the smallapertures near the ends of the bolt-head; but generally this additionalsecurity will be found unuec essary.

The device is adapted for any thickness of strap, as will be apparent.lVhen the bolt is screwed home, the unthreaded portion projects abovethe surface of the shank of the hook a considerable distance and formsastop for the check-rein, preventing its accidental disengagement fromthe hook.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a stop for a check-reiu,andsucli I do not claim, broadly, as my invention, but

What I doclaim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A check-hook for harness-pads, recessed on its under side for thestrap, and provided with a screw-tapped aperture, in combination with abolt having an elongated head and a shank screw-threaded for a portionof its length and not threaded the remaining portion, substantially asset forth.

2. In a harness-pad, the combination ofthe check-hook A, having recess 6and tapped aperture d, in combination with bolt B, having the shank c d,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD w. JONES.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK GLAYSON, G. S. HIER,

